Golden Balloon (Windows portable build)

1. Unzip the whole GoldenBalloon folder to a writable location you own.
2. Double-click GoldenBalloon.exe. The launcher asks you to choose your own
   legally dumped Diddy Kong Racing ROM (.z64, .v64, or .n64).
3. For command-line use: GoldenBalloon.exe --rom PATH\TO\your.z64

Windows 10 or 11 x64 and a current graphics driver are recommended. Unicode
and extended-length ROM, config, diagnostic, and save paths are supported.
Do not launch the executable from inside the zip: extract the whole folder so
settings and the controller database remain available.

Portable data: non-English account and folder names work normally. To
deliberately keep settings, saves, and add-ons in this GoldenBalloon folder,
create an empty file named portable.txt next to GoldenBalloon.exe. Without it,
an unwritable user-data folder falls back here and reports the location instead
of losing settings.

WebGPU is the default. If startup fails, copy the launcher's Diagnostics details
before closing it. `set MDKR_RENDERER=gl` selects the diagnostic OpenGL backend
for that Command Prompt session. Press F1 in-game for the pause overlay.

This app ships no game data. See README.md for controls and support details.
The complete Character Workshop importer and its pinned Khronos glTF Validator
are bundled; no Python installation is required. Their terms are in the tools
and tools\validators folders.
